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Also it would be good to know what you defined "good at streaming video" as. Do you mean; has implemented flash player in a stable way which contributes to a good user experience and performance when streaming videos? Or do you mean in terms of html5 video streaming?
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rzetterbergMay 22 '11 at 0:29

I'm assuming that by saying you don't want Google chrome, you also don't want Chromium? There is some difference between the two, and depending on the reason you don't want Google Chrome, Chromium might work for you. I'm not trying to defensive of Google Chrome, but why do you want an alternative to it?
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AzendaleMay 22 '11 at 0:49

@ancide When I use google chrome or firefox the videos are slow and laggy. So I can't watch them in fullscreen, but when I used Opera I had no problems at all! :D I want a browser that has no problems in streaming flash video.
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AlvarMay 22 '11 at 7:53

@Azendale I normally use Google Chrome at an everyday basis. All browsers aren't good at everything that's why.
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AlvarMay 22 '11 at 8:53

This is the future of browsing, free from any commercials or heavy flash scripts! This is truly awesome, I even managed to send a gmail to a friend with a screenshot of me emailing it! :D
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AlvarMay 22 '11 at 10:49

Lynx is one of the oldest command-line browsers that still exist and work rather well. There really isn't much more to say about it except it's lightweight, easy to use, and does a pretty good job of displaying the DOM via terminal.

lynx http://askubuntu.com/

↑, ↓ Navigate page (jumps between links)

→, Return Follow link

← Back in history

/ Search

Q Quit

H Help

The rest of the doucmentation can be found in the man page or via the help interface.

Description

The layout engine Safari and Chrome use (WebKit) is based on the layout engine Konqueror uses (KHTML).
Konqueror was originally integrated into the KDE desktop as a file manager and default web browser.

Screenshot

Lole, where did you get ye olde screenshot from?
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RolandiXor♦May 22 '11 at 1:04

@Roland: From the first Google image result for 'konquerer' :)
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Nathan OsmanMay 22 '11 at 2:16

I had bad experience with this browser in Lucid and before, links on various websites (including ubuntuforums.org) were cropped (the text next to it slided under the link) and more CSS issues.
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LekensteynMay 22 '11 at 12:19

The Amaya Web Browser/Editor is primarily a WYSIWYG Web editor that also works as a Web browser. It is open source, and from the World Wide Web Consortium, which maintains standards for HTML, XHTML, and so on, so it is particularly good at testing for standards compliance.

You can try the Seamonkey Internet Suite, which bundles a Firefox-based browser, Thunderbird-based mail client, IRC client named Chatzilla, and a web page editor named Composer. Seamonkey is an open source version of the hallowed Netscape Communicator internet suite. One big advantage of using Seamonkey is that if the mail client is already open, the browser will open zero delay. The other advantage is that all your browser, mail client messages and accounts, chat settings, add-ons, and passwords are all in one directory. When you change your computer or upgrade the OS, you just need to copy the Seamonkey profile folder. Almost all Firefox extensions work without any problem.

Seamonkey is available for Windows and Mac also. It can be very useful for Linux users who use multiple operating systems. The profile folder works across platforms. 64-bit Linux users should note that the regular download file will not let flash to run properly. The "unofficial" 64-bit build is usually available in the page under the "Other Systems and Languages" link. It works without a problem in all the Ubuntu installations that I have tried. Installation is simple. Extract the archive in the /opt directory and create a soft link to seamonkey file in /usr/bin. You may want to backup any old /usr/bin/seamonkey link that may exist.

This is the modern theme:

Some tweaks to make Seamonkey look and act sleek and fresh:

Right-click on navigation bar, "Customize": drag the google etc search space onto the navigation bar (possible remove the old "search" button by dragging it into the Customize Toolbar window; also may remove or add other stuff visible there)

There are few themes available, but the default one is decent, and Kilome has a light fresh look. Also, the new type of firefox themes (formerly called "personas") can be also used to spice up the default theme, and they are very different.

Beside Firefox, Opera, Chromium and Google Chrome, it is difficult to find a stable and simple Internet Browser. Seamonkey is an exception. In spite of its primitive look it is a very trustworthy parent of Firefox.
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cipricusDec 6 '12 at 11:14

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It may be old but there is nothing primitive about it. It has a functional interface that works. That is why Seamonkey users choose it over Firefox or Chrome. If anyone wants the barebones look, they should stick to other browsers.
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SubhashFeb 5 '13 at 9:43

i agree!! i only dislike the lack of themes, my eyes heart when i see the "modern" one, but "Kilome" is ok. as for the rest is an awesome browser. what a coincidence: you commented a few minutes after i started using Seamonkey again. i use FF because it works on my computer very well, but i'm thinking using seamonkey with the "openwith" addon of ff so as to launch it with a lot of addons that would not normally use in ff. using multiple profiles in ff can cause problems, as i've learned lately, so seamonke is a solution to what i was asking here: askubuntu.com/q/228309/47206
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cipricusFeb 5 '13 at 11:33

You don't like their policy when it comes to gathering user information

You don't like the fact that they send you dynamic error pages from their servers instead of serving local error pages

You want a built-in ad blocker

But you like they way Chrome looks like and how it works, then SRWare Iron is an alternative for you. It is a fork of Chromium which doesn't send user information to google, interacts with google in any other way and contains a built-in ad blocker.

I don't know what you are referring to, so please show us what are talking about.
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rzetterbergMay 22 '11 at 12:42

The main reason for not using it is that it basically is Chromium, with three (already user-configurable) privacy options hardcoded in. I'd rather stay with Chromium, where I get faster security patches and don't have to trust 'SRWare' not to add any malicious code in an update. The bad press was concerning how the author just made it to get the publicity etc. Can't find the link, sorry, I'll have a look later. But really, why use Iron ON LINUX when you can use Chromium?
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The Negative ShapeMay 23 '11 at 13:11

@The Negative Shape: I see. I hope you find the link, it would be interesting to read. I wasn't aware of the privacy options could turn off the functionality making Iron obsolete. So thanks for sharing!
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rzetterbergMay 23 '11 at 13:31

@Ancide, @The Negative Shape: here is one: Is Iron a Scam? Yes. It's out of date now, as it deals with no later than Chromium/Chrome/Iron 4 and now it's up to 11/12/13, but the situation seems to be approximately the same. Except that the options which weren't exposed in the UI - approximately the only justification for Iron, really - are now.
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Chris MorganMay 26 '11 at 11:42